#D6B037#D6B037

#D6B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B037
RGB	rgb(214, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 1.72, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 63.44, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0017 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.14 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9490, 45.6254, 10.1054)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B037 #375DD6

analogous

#D66037 #D6B037 #ADD637

triadic

#D6B037 #37D6B0 #B037D6

tetradic

#D6B037 #37D660 #375DD6 #D637AD

square

#D6B037 #37D660 #375DD6 #D637AD

split-complementary

#D6B037 #37ADD6 #6037D6

monochromatic

#7A6319 #AC8C23 #D6B037 #E0C46A #EBD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D6B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#D6B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B037

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B037	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c776',
    500: '#d6b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b037;
$custom-light: #e7c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B037

secondary

#92A2D7

accent

#68E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B037

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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